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French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation

ECO C11 · 2,174 games

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3

Out of 2,174 games from this position: White wins 43%, draws 17%, Black wins 40%.

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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / Black
cxd475634.8%
Qb648122.1%
a640618.7%
Be725111.5%
Rb8381.7%
h6371.7%
f6150.7%
c4130.6%

A further 177 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

Data: 4.0M rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.